There has been a recent increase in
interest in youth and urban language phenomena around the world. Youth and
urban languages are seen to be at the heart of language change in postmodern
societies, and a feature of contemporary diversity, or ‘superdiversity’in our cities.

This conference will bring together
scholars from around the world in one of the locations where these varieties
are prevalent – South Africa – in order to providea forum where the field can be further
developed and theorized.

We invite scholars working in the field to join us in Cape Town to contribute to this
burgeoning and challenging field of research.